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PauL
11-10-2010, 05:47 AM
Please say hello to some of my little lady bug friends. This is probably only about 1/3 of them, the rest are bunched up between the roof of the shed and on top of the fence where I couldnt get pics. All I have to say is they are damn annoying in the summer when they all fly around.

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Those are all different part of the fence + 1 shed post

And yes, I know I suck at taking pictures :D
The boy 4rm oz
11-10-2010, 09:21 AM
HOLY CRAP!!! That's the most lady bugs I have ever seen. You sir get +rep for your 'interesting' situation lol.
Airbozo
11-10-2010, 12:17 PM
Jeez! Send some of those buggers down the street to my house. I have some tasty aphids that need clearing out.

I can tell we are close to each other by the trees in your yard.

Nice shots!
diluzio91
11-10-2010, 12:31 PM
Say hello to my little friend!

http://origin.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/raid_can.jpg
billygoat333
11-10-2010, 12:37 PM
HOLY CRAP!!! That's the most lady bugs I have ever seen. You sir get +rep for your 'interesting' situation lol.

this. wow!
PauL
11-10-2010, 12:46 PM
lol. This is there normal winter routine. Come summer, its a swarm of them flying around.

A good portion of them end up in my neighbors pool filter in the summer. Sometimes half the filter basket is filled with dead lady bugs and the smell is quite interesting.
Airbozo
11-10-2010, 02:03 PM
Say hello to my little friend!

http://origin.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/raid_can.jpg

No no no. Save the deadly chemicals for the bad bugs. Ladybugs are beneficial to gardens and rose bushes.

Paul, I wish I had that swarm in my gardens...
NightrainSrt4
11-10-2010, 02:57 PM
Those aren't lady bugs.

They are Asian Lady Beetles. Lady bugs don't swarm. They are showing up in huge numbers like that because they are looking for a place to hibernate for the winter. The smell you are smelling when they bunch up in your neighbors pool is from a secretion they make to deter predators. They probably freaked out when they got stuck in the filter and secreted it, and when a ton of them do that, you can smell them.

But they still eat aphids and such, so for some it can be beneficial to have around.
Airbozo
11-10-2010, 03:32 PM
Those aren't lady bugs.

They are Asian Lady Beetles. Lady bugs don't swarm. They are showing up in huge numbers like that because they are looking for a place to hibernate for the winter. The smell you are smelling when they bunch up in your neighbors pool is from a secretion they make to deter predators. They probably freaked out when they got stuck in the filter and secreted it, and when a ton of them do that, you can smell them.

But they still eat aphids and such, so for some it can be beneficial to have around.

Nice!


Thanks for the info. Are you a closet entomologist?
Mark_Hardware
11-10-2010, 05:08 PM
I used to get that at the house when I was younger... Every year, like clockwork, one part of our house would turn into a moving red and black mass... After a couple weeks or so they would disappear. See ya again next year, same time same place. Never did figure out wth caused it. Harmless, just a temporary nuisance.
Then was in rural country Illinois, so it was always some "temporary nuisance" lol.
PauL
11-10-2010, 05:33 PM
Those aren't lady bugs.

They are Asian Lady Beetles. Lady bugs don't swarm. They are showing up in huge numbers like that because they are looking for a place to hibernate for the winter. The smell you are smelling when they bunch up in your neighbors pool is from a secretion they make to deter predators. They probably freaked out when they got stuck in the filter and secreted it, and when a ton of them do that, you can smell them.

But they still eat aphids and such, so for some it can be beneficial to have around.

Interesting. Whatever they are, they do this every year and they seem pretty harmless from what I can tell.
msmrx57
11-11-2010, 01:55 AM
Interesting. Whatever they are, they do this every year and they seem pretty harmless from what I can tell.

They are pretty much harmless, just a nuisance. However they have no natural predators in North America so they only get worse.
BuzzKillington
11-11-2010, 02:26 AM
bag them in a finely netted bag and freeze them then sell 'em. Home Depot does it. :P
Snowman
11-16-2010, 10:01 AM
EFF THAT THOSE SUCKERS BITE KILL IT WITH FIRE... in all seriousness they are little aholes and I still recommend napalming them.
The boy 4rm oz
11-16-2010, 10:26 AM
EFF THAT THOSE SUCKERS BITE KILL IT WITH FIRE... in all seriousness they are little aholes and I still recommend napalming them.

Funniest stuff I have read all day lol. +rep
Snowman
11-16-2010, 01:08 PM
Funniest stuff I have read all day lol. +rep

That guy with the napalm theory is off his rocker... didn't sleep well last night and just in general needs like a 7 day extended weekend and a couple winning lotto tickets.
msmrx57
11-16-2010, 03:55 PM
That guy with the napalm theory is off his rocker... didn't sleep well last night and just in general needs like a 7 day extended weekend and a couple winning lotto tickets.

LOL Don't we all, well at least most of us.
mofo
11-16-2010, 04:44 PM
Hey Paul mind if I take some off your hands?
Plus I think I'll be hosting a lan in a week or two, so expect a PM.
(hope this is the right paul)
slaveofconvention
11-16-2010, 06:02 PM
Then was in rural country Illinois, so it was always some "temporary nuisance" lol.

A few years ago (well about 9 now) I visited some friends who lived in a suburb of Chicago. Not really a rural area, technically, but can I claim to have been the "temporary nuisance" for that long weekend????
TheGreatSatan
11-18-2010, 10:37 PM
Those Japanese beatles are the worst. They swarm and if you smoosh 'em they leave a bad stain. You know what works every time?

Lime Away...

(You heard it here folks)
PauL
11-18-2010, 11:32 PM
Hey Paul mind if I take some off your hands?
Plus I think I'll be hosting a lan in a week or two, so expect a PM.
(hope this is the right paul)

Alright sounds good. Im on your steam (Rooble) so you can hit me up their too.


Those Japanese beatles are the worst. They swarm and if you smoosh 'em they leave a bad stain. You know what works every time?

Lime Away...

(You heard it here folks)

Yea, like I said earlier, the smell is pretty distinct when I dumped them out of the pool filter.
x88x
11-19-2010, 12:48 AM
My sister gets those at here house. Lady bugs (or whatever they are) in the Spring, stink bugs in the fall (in, mercifully, much smaller numbers).